Manifold oil leak repair
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Manifold oil leak repair
Thought I'd post this here...
The intake manifold on the Dakota was leaking oil on the Dyno from the front corner where you need to run a little bead of RTV...Guy helping me with the carb tune told me to clean everything up REALLY good with brake cleaner, spray it into the gap - rinse repeat, then squirt some RTV into the space and put a shop vac on any hole on the Valve cover but to make sure it was a tight fit and it would suck the RTV into the gap.
Sure enough...Sucked it right in, I added a little more and did it with less suction so the RTV would stay where it was leaking.
Saved me from pulling the intake, that's a good thing
The intake manifold on the Dakota was leaking oil on the Dyno from the front corner where you need to run a little bead of RTV...Guy helping me with the carb tune told me to clean everything up REALLY good with brake cleaner, spray it into the gap - rinse repeat, then squirt some RTV into the space and put a shop vac on any hole on the Valve cover but to make sure it was a tight fit and it would suck the RTV into the gap.
Sure enough...Sucked it right in, I added a little more and did it with less suction so the RTV would stay where it was leaking.
Saved me from pulling the intake, that's a good thing
Last edited by Adobedude; May 19, 2013 at 08:42 PM.
